Dark Horse (Jim Knighthorse #1)

J.R. Rain


Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars
3.86 · 14 ratings · 345 pages · Published: 02 Mar 2010

Dark Horse by J.R. Rain
Set in Surf City, USA - and written in the tradition of Robert B. Parker's Spenser and Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe - Dark Horse introduces a hard-hitting, wise-cracking new hero with a modern twist.

When high school student Derrick Booker, the only black student at a posh Orange County high school, is accused of killing his white girlfriend, ex-college football hero and detective Jim Knighthorse is hired to dig a little deeper into the murder. It doesn't take long for Knighthorse to realize that not all is as it seems at tranquil Huntington High, from a band director who preys on the innocent to a vice-principal with a secret agenda of her own. Not to mention someone's hired a professional killer to keep Knighthorse permanently off the case.

As the investigation continues, Knighthorse's personal life is shattered by the discovery of new evidence relating to his mother's unsolved murder, a murder dating back twenty years. Reeling from the discovery, a determined Jim Knighthorse sets out to bring two killers to justice.

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